PLANTS Profile for Cryptogramma stelleri (fragile rockbrake)

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Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G. Gmel.) Prantl
fragile rockbrake

Symbol:

CRST2

Group:

Fern

Family:

Pteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G. Gmel.) Prantl

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 32. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G. Gmel.) Prantl

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Distribution:
Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G. Gmel.) Prantl


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USA (AK, CO, CT, IA, IL, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, YT)

Related Taxa:
Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G. Gmel.) Prantl

View 18 genera in Pteridaceae, 5 species in Cryptogramma

Classification:
Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G. Gmel.) Prantl

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Pteridaceae – Maidenhair Fern family
Genus	Cryptogramma R. Br. – rockbrake
Species	Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G. Gmel.) Prantl – fragile rockbrake

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G. Gmel.) Prantl

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
slender cliff-brake		Endangered
Maine:
slender cliffbrake		Threatened
Massachusetts:
fragile rock-brake		Endangered
New Hampshire:
slender cliff-brake		Threatened
New Jersey:
slender rockbrake		Endangered
New York:
slender cliff brake		Exploitably Vulnerable
Pennsylvania:
slender rock-brake		Endangered
Washington:
Steller's rockbrake		Sensitive

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G. Gmel.) Prantl

Nat. Ind.

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UPL,FAC

FACU-

FACU

UPL

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FAC

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More Accounts and Images:
Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G. Gmel.) Prantl

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17462.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 06:33 AM MDT